Poultry-house.



J. H; IRWIN.

POULTRY HOUSE. y PPLIUATIOH FILED JAN. 24, 1903.

9L535. v Patente@ niet, 20, 1903.

J." 17. frw la To all whom it muy concern.'

OFFICE.

JAMES H. IRV'IN, OF HIGHMORE, SOUTH DAKOTA.

POLTRY-HOUSE No. eoigses.

Specification oi' Letters Patent.

Patent-d oct. 20, i908.

Application filed January 24, 1908. erial No. 412,370.

luseful improvements in poultry houses, and

the object of my invention ,is to provide a house of this oberer: ,er which con be cheaply constructed end-in which the best cere een be teken of the poultry with, ernininium expenditure of tinie end labor.

' Other objects of my invention will be hereinafter described. 1

My invention consists in certsn construetions, combinations and arrangements oi parts, the preferred forni ci which will be Afirst described in connection. With. the e.cco;.'.n panying drawings, end then the invention particularly pointed out in the claims;

Referring to the drawings wherein I show the preferred forni. of my invention end whereiiii the seine port is designated by the seine reference numeral wherever it occurs Figure 1 is e. perspective view @only broken away; Fig. 2 is s. central longitudinal section token on line 2, 2 of' 1; Fig. 3 is a cross section tellen on line 3, 3 of Fig. 2, end Fig. 4 is o cross section token. on line il, l oi il. l designates the house which is provided with suitable doors land Windows 3. rine house is divided trsnsversely by s, pertitimi 4, having: the doors 6 out theretlnougl This divides the house into two sections und S, the section 7' being for the full-grown poultry while the section S is for the young. As will be seen the section 7 preiernb f' hes no -floor, lwhe/rees the section 8 is proviued with e. tight iioor v 1G ure inclined floor sections which run from the meeting lines of the roof und side wolle toward the longitudinal center o' the house. fit their lower ends they nre conf nected loge der by the nsrrow horizon tol secn tion l l., thus tuvidin g the sectioi'i Y o t'l .i b uil/Q'.- inginto twostories. nthe uppersni of the 'lloorsectious l() i mount the porches the porches being supported out of conteev with the sectir l0 by the supports 13. The horizontal section 11 imins e trough. wh will receive ull the droppings, ond is e board forming' o. wollt mounted over Athe trough.

1511s o. runovsy lending iron; the lower por tion of the house to on opening 15', whereby the poultry can have laccess to the roostmg rooni.

1'?, 17 are two shelves running lengthwise 0o of the section 7 and arranged below the sec# tion 11. @n these shelves are placed the f nests which are formed of boxes open at the to? and one end. These nests practically the space between the bottom of the sec` 65 tion i0 and the ground, so that o partition'isl iii 'formed which divides the lower` rtion of the sectioninto tworoorns 18 an 19, roonr 18 being that ordinarily occupied by the` poultry and the roo'in 19 being theonewdef'j 70 voted for the use of the sitting hens. Normolly the nests ere 'placed with their o' env' side facing into the room 18, end when a en is ioundsittingthe nest con be drawn out,

turned around and replaced on its shelf which places the hen into the room 19 Without having to disturb her. As the room 19 is only occupied by hens who ere sitting, they are not disturbed by the other poultry.

.As soon as the chickens are hatched and are strong enough to be moved they are taken through the door o leading from the room 1 9 iet-o the sec-tion 8, which is the brooding room.' In this room several sets of chickens 1112,: ln room l hinge near the roof, on one side, the roost 2,0, which, when the chickens ere very young, is held et the top of the room by means of the hook 21. When, however,

the chickens have grown sufliciently this roost is let down into the position shown.

'It will thus be seen that I have devised a. construction oi'poultry house in Which per- 'ect core con be token of the poultry, and,

because of the separation of the sitting hens from the others they are not interfered with, ond it is possible to obtain better results in hatching the chickens than is possible even with en incubator. The brood house Which,

before sta-ted, is loored, is safe from interference by rai-ts or other nniinels.

By having the .roosting section Separated from the section occupied by the poultry in the d; ytiine, the poultry is kept cleaner and in he condition. roost they are in e comparatively contracted spsce, whereby even in cold weather theyhave no trouble in keepingl Worin.

llvhen it is desired to clean the roosting section the well: is removed through the end 110 doors 16, ond then the trough ond inclined ilooring con be readily cleaned. Preferably,

be put under the care 0i' o single hen. 85

When the poultry is nt t1.5 v -from the remainder ofthe house is formed,

' and as shown, the perches areremovable, in

order to facilitate the cleaning operation. While I have described what I believe to l Abe the preferred form of my invention, I desire tohave 'it understood that inany changes may be made in the forni, construction and arrangement of parts without departingV from the. spirit of my invention.

WhatuI claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1'. In a. `poul-try house the combination over the sections whereby a room separate and afoot walk supported over the trough.

2. A poultry house provided with a partition formed of inclined floor sections dividing the house linto an ,upper and lower section, shelves arranged below the partition, remov- `able-nests having 'an open end and `top either of which the open side of the nests maybe caused to face.

f 3. A poultry house provided with parti'- tions which divide the house into three rooms, one of which is iloored to forni a brooding section, the partition between theother two rooms being partly formed of nests having an open end and shelves upon which the nests are removably' mounted whereby the nests may be made to face either of' said last mentioned rooms, and doors connecting each of said last mentioned rooms with said bioodi'ooin.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my. signature in presence of two witnesses.

'JAMES I-I. IRWIN. INitnesses:

' HALL KELLOGG TWALLIS,

GEORGE TRANER. 

